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Dear friends of water! We are summing up what has, again, been a very successful World Water Week. With 3,300 partic-ipants from 130 countries, participants from an ever-widening range of communities, and the presence of several heads of state and government, our water meeting is cementing its position as the world’s most important annual conference about water and water-related issues.

This year’s theme, Water for Development, showed yet again how water is what links all aspects of development. Affecting our daily lives in a way no other resource does, it is a measure of how well or poorly a society fares.

In over 200 sessions and events at the World Water Week venue in downtown Stockholm, current issues such as the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, sanitation, transboundary waters and urbanization were discussed and debated.

Our teams of hard-working rapporteurs together attended all the sessions, and their take-home messages have been dis-tilled into three very interesting articles, starting on page 8.The chairman of World Water Weeks’s Scientific Programme Committee has summarized the eight workshops held during the Week. Read it on page 7.

From all over the world, thousands of others joined the discussion via social media channels. As an example, the

#WWWeek hashtag was used more than 34,000 times, and retweeted some 900,000 times during the Week. This means as many as 326.1 million people could potentially have heard about the Week, just through Twitter. Read more about our digital reach, and our successful campaigns, on page 14.

As we wrap up the work with the 2015 World Water Week, we are already planning the 2016 Week, which will be themed “Water for Sustainable Growth”. We hope to directly and indirectly contribute to the SDG 8 to “promote sustain- ed, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”. Hence, the theme will address sustainable growth for all by focusing on inclusive-ness in terms of the human, societal and environmental dimensions in all regions of the world.

But first, here are the Overarching Conclusions of the 2015 World Water Week. Enjoy!

Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director Stockholm International Water Institute

Wrapping up and looking ahead!

Prizes and awards 4

Overarching conclusions 6

A brief summary of the eight SIWI workshops 7

Economic development – implementation for change 8

Environmental development – planetary boundaries 10

Social development – fair water management 12

Outreach 14

World Water Week Journalist Grant 16

Convening organizations 17

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Global water re-use advocate received Stockholm Industry Water Award

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The Stockholm Industry Water Award was awarded to CH2M, a global service and engineering company, for developing and advancing methods to clean water, and increasing public acceptance of recycled water. CH2M accepted the award at a ceremony on 23 August.

The Award Committee stated that “in a rapidly urbanizing world where the vast majority of sewage spills untreated out into the environment, the transformative technologies and strategic communication of this year’s Stockholm Industry Water Award winner has provided a significant step towards future water security of cities”.

Stockholm Industry Water Award honours business sector contributions to wise use and management of water. Nominate for next year’s Stockholm Industry Water Award before November 15, 2015.

Read more at www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmindustrywateraward

American student won Stockholm Junior Water Prize for removing electronic waste from water

Best Poster Award

Perry Alagappan from the United States received the 2015 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for inventing a filter through which toxic heavy metals from electronic waste can be removed from water.

H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize at the award ceremony during the World Water Week in Stockholm. Upon receiving the prize, Perry told of how he got the idea for his project three years ago, during a visit to his grandparents’ village in rural India.

A Diploma of Excellence was awarded to Katherine Araya and Katya Urqueta from Chile, for improving water-use efficiency in agriculture.

Stockholm Junior Water Prize gathers the world’s brightest young minds for an outstanding competition in the capital of Sweden. National teams from 29 countries took part in this year’s international final.

Read more at www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmjuniorwaterprize

Prizes and awards

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Patrick Thomson from the University of Oxford was awarded the 2015 Best Poster Award for his poster named Distributed Monitoring of Shallow Aquifer Level using Community Hand pumps. The Jury praised Thomson’s work for its simplicity and innovative thinking, and said that “we are convinced that the research results could be scaled up to significantly enhance the evidence base for the shallow groundwater resources”.

The World Water Week poster exhibition showcases a number of selected abstracts from each workshop. In the exhibition, conference visitors can learn more about the projects behind the posters. The most informative, innovative and well-designed poster is awarded with the Best Poster Award.

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Stockholm Water Prize awarded to the “Water man of India”

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Rajendra Singh of India received the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize for his innova-tive water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living conditions for those most in need.

No one is left untouched after hearing Rajendra Singh speak, which he did at numerous events at the week. He repeatedly underlined the importance of “showing love, respect and affection to water”. Together with Rajendra, SIWI gathered the World Water Week delegates for a “Water Walk”, to raise awareness of water as a source of peace and life. On Wednesday 26 August, H. M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded the prize to Rajendra Singh at the Royal Ceremony at Stockholm’s City Hall.

Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious water prize and is awarded annually to women, men and organizations who have made out- standing contributions to wise management of the world’s water resources and improving the health of people and ecosystems.

Read more at www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmwaterprize

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Overarching conclusions

As always, this World Water Week, themed Water for Dev-elopment, offered new insights, inspiring exchange of ideas, and in-depth discussions. As a start, we know that water is absolutely fundamental for all development: for human health, sustainable growth, social progress and sound eco-systems. It must therefore be considered in decision-making at all levels and in most sectors. It is near impossible to come away with one, or only a few conclusions from the Week. However, there are some topics that stand out from the rest, demanding our immediate attention and resolute action. They include increasing water demand and how we decide to deal with the growing scarcity of water; climate change, mainly manifesting through water; cross-border cooperation to manage shared water resources; and of course, how to best implement and monitor the upcoming Sustainable Develop-ment Goals.

Increasing water demand will fundamentally change the way societies develop and function, the way we as global citizens view our future and go about our daily activities. A growing realization of increased water scarcity will force us all into a new way of thinking and acting. Urban areas have to take accessible and increasingly variable water supply into account for their future growth. Good water management is accord-ingly becoming a competitive advantage for attracting invest-ments and job opportunities. Residents of increasingly water-scarce regions may consider moving to areas with a wealth of safe water. Industries that were built around the presumption that there will always be a sufficient amount of water for their production, will need to invest in more water-efficient equipment and sustainable water use or maybe even move to regions with better access to water.

To begin with, we have to start treating water as the scarce commodity it is. Otherwise we will continue to overuse water. We must enter into a common understanding about the need to raise the value of water. How can we best com-bine instruments like regulations, tariffs, pricing, licensing as well as tax and transfer systems to optimize the future use of water? Whichever way we go, and it will differ from country to country, it is time to dive deep into the details of how to solve the water valuation paradoxes.

Sharing water resources under increasing demand between neighbouring countries will continue to influence the re-lationships between nations. Growing populations and increased income levels combined with less reliable water creates challenges that often seem overwhelming. Identifying and developing forms of cooperation over shared waters is therefore crucial. Furthermore, the political aspects of trans-

boundary cooperation cannot be neglected if real progress is to be made. Water diplomacy, a mechanism for achieving water cooperation and equitable distribution of benefits of and from water, is growing in both extent and importance, reflected in the large participation, during World Water Week, by representatives of foreign services.

As we know, climate change is manifested trough water, in the forms of prolonged droughts (little water), floods (too much water) and other extreme weather events. Water scarcity and variability pose significant risks to all economic activity: food and energy production, manufacturing, and infrastructure development. Water is also of critical for adaptation to as well as mitigation of climate change. Renew-able energy production depends to a large extent on water. Therefore, everyone – private and public actors – will need to invest heavily, both attention and resources, to maintain and improve water resilience.

Raising the value of water is crucial for development

Based on discussions during World Water Week, SIWI urges governments to consider the following in the run-up to COP21:

• Water is a cross-cutting resource and underpins all development.

• Water resilience is key for successfully addressing climate change.

• Given its key role for climate adaptation and mitigation, water needs to be addressed and integrated into the global climate policy and financing architecture. The COP21/Paris agreement should provide entry points for facilitating this.

• SIWI supports, and will engage in the “Lima Paris Action Agenda”, helping to drive climate action forward, and accelerate the growing engagement of all parts of society in climate action.

• According to UNFCCC, all countries are obliged to put forth Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs). Water is vital for an effective NDC and must be considered by countries when they decide about types of mitigation (e.g. hydropower, emissions reductions in production or land-use sectors) and adaptation (e.g. resilient infra- structure, water harvesting and storage) actions.

• Beyond COP21, SIWI advocates for a function through which water-related actions on climate will be coordinated. In the same way a dedicated SDG on water is needed, a coordinating function for water under the UNFCCC will be important to the future global climate architecture. Water is essential for both adaptation and mitigation, and serves as a connector between the two.

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A brief summary of the eight SIWI workshops

The eight SIWI Workshops were co-convened by 21 organizations, and featured 26 keynote presentations, along with 52 presentations and 33 posters from competi-tively selected papers, (more than 400 abstracts were sub-mitted). Roundtable discussions, high-level panels, games, field trips and more ensured active participation – in full rooms – of participants throughout the Week.

The workshops covered SDG implementation of the post-2015 development agenda for sustainable development, with particular focus on poverty reduction and management of change, ecosystem and sustainable cities. Discussions included important aspects such as financing and green growth, innovation and information technologies, and how to re-think governance post-2015.

The future implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for effective and innovative monitoring – “we cannot manage what we cannot measure”. From MDGs to SDGs, focus is shifting from global to national, and the need for new indicators to prompt action. SDG goals and targets are interconnected – we cannot achieve one without the other. Indicator development and measurement requires attention of synergies and subsidiarity. In this endeavour,

When we commence the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, we need to broaden our horizon, and not only focus on Goal 6, the water goal. Water is of central importance to the achievement of a large number of all other goals like poverty, health, food, energy, climate,

infrastructure etc. Think away water, and many of the SDGs will never be reached. SIWI aims to provide fora for evalu-ating progress of water across the SDGs, starting with the World Water Week in 2016.

capacity development in monitoring, data analysis and reporting are crucial at all levels. We must educate and empower decision-makers, from local actors to national governments, starting with youth.

We must target investment programmes that benefit the poor, not disempower them. Public and private sector initia- tives, and water being considered a human right need not be contradictory. With proper attention to a pro-poor per-spective, they go hand in hand. Water is “political”, and we need to understand how water is used – and misused – as a result of prevailing power structures in society. We need to be aware of how instruments and incentives are formulated, and by whom, to strengthen and empower the less powerful. This is imperative for equity and gender equality.

We must integrate social, technical and financial aspects to strengthen resilience to climate change and disaster risks, from both local and regional perspectives. Informed decision-making by local actors, relevant sectors and scientists in an all-inclusive policy making process is crucial to successfully implement resilience building. A true paradigm shift is underway through processes grounded in innovative collaboration. We must act now, but processes are slow.

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The three rapporteur teams, who covered economic, environmental and social aspects of water and development, gathered outside the World Water Week venue.

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Economic development – implementation for changeLead RapporteursProf Guillermo Donoso, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist specializing in Water Economics, is a Full Professor of the Water Law and Management Center of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.

Ms Dawn McGregor, Manager of China Water Risk’s network and publications, as well as researcher of water risk, China Water Risk, Hong Kong.

Bridging funding gaps | The upcoming UN summit to define the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – aimed at sustainably integrating social, economic, and

environmental development – dominated this year’s World Water Week, and was a primary focus for discussions related to economic development. Sustainable water management is

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We have the capacity to successfully manage sustainable ecosystems, but this will not be possible without maintaining a diversity of natural capital. We cannot live on ecosystem services alone, nor can we live without them. The solution lies in combining and valuing natural and built capital appropriately. The social costs of unsustainable water use due to impacts on freshwater ecosystems often exceed the benefits. This calls for holistic, comprehensive and fair evaluations of plans, strategies and investments.

We need overarching financing frameworks in a green eco-nomy that account for natural capital, water for economic development, stakeholder participation, social priorities and values, a proper institutional environment etc. However, overly uniform, top-down approaches risk failure: “one-size does not fit all”. Transparency and sharing are integral to trust building, which in turn is key for long-term co- operation over resources. Policy interventions require flexibility to adapt to changes. However, there is a need to choose boundaries and rules, and agree upon them. Inequity creates inefficiencies and lost opportunities in investment, along with reduced innovation and diffusion of information. We must take different risk profiles of different users into account – across users, territories, and social groups.

In our fast growing cities, we need to match water quantity and quality to intended use, and find innovative ways of extracting as many benefits from the used water stream as possible, including energy and nutrients. Sustainable cities need to view urban water through the lense of integration, taking a systems perspective and looking at the entire urban water cycle as one. “All water is good water” – surface water,

groundwater, storm-water, used water etc. One person’s waste is another’s feedstock, leading to potential mutually beneficial transactions, thus calling for all relevant stakeholders - both public and private – to be involved. Urban sustainability requires political leadership and early integration in urban planning with a multisectoral approach. We need to identify clear pathways from the status-quo to our desired future, fos-tering an organizational culture for innovation and change.

Information and communication technologies (ICT) can help improve utility operations by increasing efficiency and reducing costs, especially energy. ICT can also ensure inclusion and participation of the most vulnerable in decision-making. However, ICT tools and systems are not an end in themselves. A clear purpose is key, and data collection should aggregate information to support efficient decision-making. Stakeholders – and not least end users – must be involved and educated in the processes. The data revolution is setting a new stage. ICT will be crucial for the monitoring of the SDGs using mobile phone data, citizen online monitoring data, remote sensing etc. We simply cannot afford to ignore these innovations.

Good governance is about management of both resource and user services, including public, private and civil society actors, in both formal and informal systems. Financing is necessary to support accountability – top down and bottom up – to allow space for innovation in governance processes. Failures occur when external forces impose governance reforms while ignoring local conditions, especially in fragile or post-conflict societies.

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not only a goal in its own right, but because it cuts across so many other development spheres, it is also necessary to achieve other goals. Quite simply, water is the critical enabling factor for economic prosperity, population growth and environmental protection.

However, significant funding gaps faced by national govern-ments hinder the implementation of key objectives. Neither public nor private financing alone is likely to keep pace with SDG implementation requirements, increasing global demands, and growing populations. It remains unclear how much funding is required, or from where it will be sourced, to meet water-specific SDG number six: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”.

Although funding and financing approaches have remained broadly unchanged, several speakers at World Water Week stressed that business as usual is no longer an effective option. World Water Week recognized that a number of innovative collaborative financing sources and mechanisms exist, providing an alternative to conventional public and donor approaches.

Financing solutions: making a clear business case for water | How can public finance be engaged in such a way as to attract additional funding such as micro credit, multi-lateral banks, private sector and non-profit donor funds?

A key message from 2015 World Water Week in this respect was the importance of learning from other sectors, such as the energy sector, to make a robust business case to generate interest from private investors. The financing gap in water is not about insufficient finance but about insufficiently well packaged financing opportunities: water remains in one silo and finance in another. Finance sector participants at World Water Week said that investors need clear and understand-able data before investing in water – as they would before investing in any other sector.

Contradictory calls on data and monitoring | Contra-dictory calls on data and monitoring were made during the Week. Some say that there is too much monitoring and that it needs to be simplified. Others, that there is a lack of an evaluative culture – i.e. data and monitoring should be expanded. Such contradictions will complicate efforts to secure funding and investment.

Further discussion on data and monitoring focused on mid- to long-term monitoring to ensure that funds are available throughout the lifetime of a project. In many cases there is

a considerable initial monetary injection, which is subse-quently exhausted.

Monitoring was also an issue for meeting the SDGs, with some participants expressing concern at the large number of indicators. What was required, they argued, was a strategic approach that provided relevant data for specific stakeholders. “What we cannot measure, we cannot manage,” was a key takeaway from one session. In addition to reporting results, authors of implementation and action plans were urged to consider impact assessment. However, since water can be a local issue, indicators should also be developed as to be relevant to specific local conditions.

What is the true value of water? | The failure of water users to fully consider the intrinsic value of water, and the impact this has on water policies, was identified as a major source of water management problems. This undermines the development of effective strategies to combat water scarcity. Without improved indicators of the true value of water – incorporating scarcity, pollution, access and users – sustain-able economic development will be hampered and ecosystems risk being permanently damaged.

The role of water markets in quantifying the true value of water received wide attention throughout 2015 World Water Week. Speakers showed how water markets incentivize efficiency, improve economic productivity and enable restoration of de-watered ecosystems.

However, growing interest in water markets has yet to trans-late policy: only a small number of countries have introduced water markets to date. A major takeaway of 2015 World Water Week was the recognition that while institutional replication of successful water markets seems to be an effective way to leapfrog institutional development, the contextual uniqueness of each country makes the establishment of universal replica-tion rules difficult: “one size does not fit all.” Replication requires consideration of local and basin characteristics, as well as the potential externalities associated with water trading. Furthermore, the water market model should not be entirely based upon that of carbon.

Climate change was one of the key topics during the Week. Finance is being mobilized for climate initiatives, more so than water, yet water is a major factor in climate. It was argued, therefore, that water-related projects should have access to such funds. Green bonds, natural capital accounting and other financial mechanisms were, however, only lightly touched upon during the Week.

The financing gap in water is not about insufficient finance but about insufficiently well

packaged financing opportunities: water remains in one silo and finance in another”

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Environmental development – planetary boundaries

Where we are now: an ecosystem perspective | Never before has so much scientific data on current and projected environmental risk been available to decision-makers and the general public. A widespread consensus holds that the Earth has entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, where human activity is fundamentally modifying the planet’s natural processes – such as those linked to climate, the water cycle and biodiversity. As a result, steps need to be taken to prevent further irreversible change.

Population growth, combined with economic development, has considerable impact on freshwater ecosystems. Climate change is expected to increase the variability of rainfall, lead-ing to an increase in water related extremes such as flood and drought. Numerous sessions during 2015 World Water Week emphasized that unrestrained competition for water among

multiple sectors, such as for urban areas, energy, and agricul-ture, is leading to dramatic over-use of freshwater resources in locations all over the world. Furthermore, fragile ecosystems and communities tend to be the first to lose access to fresh-water when it becomes scarce.

Unless all ecosystems (freshwater, marine and terrestrial), are regarded as key factors to water security, and are incorpo-rated into decision-making as such, it is difficult to envision how human development can have anything but negative impacts on ecosystems. Because human, economic, and social development are closely interconnected with water, it seems likely that our use of fresh water in the short term will jeopardize possibilities of satisfying water needs in the long term for food, drinking water, sanitation, and energy.

Looking ahead: the post-2015 agenda | There are critical differences between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the SDGs. The MDGs led to a silo method- ology, but the SDGs require an integral approach with greater co-operation. At this year’s World Water Week, there was evidence of increased co-operation in discussions but much still remains to be done.

Discussions throughout the Week suggested that all stake-holders – public, private, NGOs, and individuals – may be stuck in sets of assumptions and paradigms that are deeply rooted but rarely acknowledged. These assumptions may prevent us from absorbing the full importance of what we have heard, from imagining a different future for people and the planet, where access to water is a right that is

universally honoured and the benefits of globalisation are shared more equitably.

Regardless of the sector, all operations and business models need to be “sustainable” – here for the mid- to long-term. Water is a risk to the global economy and human develop-ment. Trade-offs loom in the not too distant future as de-mand and competition for water continue to rise.

2016 World Water Week will be an opportunity to exchange and learn from both success and failures of initial co- operative actions, allowing the water community to advance towards the SDGs. We encourage these efforts and urge more innovative thinking at next year’s World Water Week.

Lead RapporteursMr Alex Martinez, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. Alex works on issues of water resource management and conservation finance as a Program Associate at The Rockefeller Foundation.

Dr Gunilla Björklund, GeWa Consulting, Sweden. Gunilla is a specialist in the policy aspect of the interphase water/climate change/land degradation.

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Junior RapporteursMr Elwuin E. Fiallos Lopez, Zamorano Pan American School of Agriculture, HondurasMs Karin Nilsson, SwedenMs Lilly Seidevall Byström, SwedenMs Mejs Hasan, USAMr Kamal Ahmed, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia/PakistanMs Angelica Lidén, Sydvatten AB/Lund University, Sweden

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The water-food-energy nexus | Energy, food production and human health all depend on water services provided by natural ecosystems. Numerous sessions during the Week stressed that the social costs of water use – impacts on the (freshwater) ecosystems, and associated reductions in the reliability and quality of water flows – often exceed the benefits derived from that water use.

Water policy has traditionally focused on preserving eco-nomic productivity, and has tended to ignore the costs of overdrawing water from rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands, or of disrupting natural flow patterns with dams and other infrastructure. Many rivers no longer reach the sea, and those that do have changed to such an extent that remaining water contained in them is unsuitable for drinking or agricultural use. As more people use more water, less becomes available for remaining ecosystems. Sustaining and restoring eco- systems will require limits on water withdrawals and unsustainable use in many river basins.

The ‘Source to Sea’ initiative demonstrated different stages in the water’s flow from the young, upstream stage at the sourc-es to the mature, downstream stage where the water reaches the sea, applying a shifting ecosystems approach. Social and economic development impacts in areas downstream result-ing from interventions demonstrate a cumulative effect of all upstream activities. This needs to be taken into account when planning urban development, agriculture etc. in river basins.

There was consensus among speakers and attendees alike that investment in the environment, (natural capital and eco-system services), is critical for building resilience to chronic stresses, such as population growth, and acute shocks, such as floods and droughts; and, therefore, instrumental in Disaster Risk Reduction.

Recommendations for the post-2015 agenda | Recog-nizing opportunities to invest in the natural environment requires a shift in how decisions are currently made. To date, water policy has, to a large extent, focused on optimizing the extraction and use of fresh water, while occasionally

managing the impacts of infrastructure on ecosystems, but for the most part ignoring (green) water use and the contri-butions ecosystems make to the water cycle. When the water needs of ecosystems are ignored they are less able to help maintain regular flows of sufficient quantity and quality. In sessions throughout the Week, it emerged that real oppor- tunities lie in combining natural and man-made capital with policy that limits overuse of water to the detriment of eco- systems.

Substantial investment is required – in the shortest timeframe possible – to build water resilience in anticipation of climate variability and population growth. This entails investing in systems and practices that protect the environment, as well as the least well off. The upcoming UN General Assembly Ses-sion on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Framework Convention on Climate Change/21st Conference of the Parties (FCCC/COP 21) offer opportunities to secure commitments and financing for investment to improve envi-ronmental resilience.

It is clear that healthy freshwater ecosystems underpin our economic and social development objectives. The value of freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide extends beyond mere economic value. Decision-makers need to avoid framing water security issues in terms of trade-offs between human benefit and environmental benefit – the two are interdependent. In the long term, degrading freshwater ecosystems could prove to be more costly than making the suggested investments and agreeing on policies to protect them in the short term. To meet development requirements for ‘Water for Sustainable Growth’, (next year’s World Water Week theme), and to build resilience, we must promote safe thresholds on water use at the local level while keeping global human impact on the environment within planetary boundaries.

Investment in the environment, (natural capital and ecosystem services), is critical for building

resilience to chronic stresses, such as population growth, and acute shocks, such as floods and droughts”

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Social development – fair water management

The human face of water | Water is an environmental resource with economic drivers, but it also has a human face. Not only the face of an individual, but the faces of family members lacking adequate sanitation, of people crowded into rapidly growing cities, of those eking out a living in a down-stream country, a drought-prone region or even inhabitants of a sinking country – and of the nine billion people who will populate the planet by 2050.

As individuals, we all have a right to clean drinking water and effective sanitation. But there is also a responsibility to use water responsibly, whether we are a community WASH provider, an urban planner, or a negotiator of transboundary water sharing agreements.

All stakeholders need to be responsible for what the preamble to the Sustainable Development Goals calls the five ‘Ps’: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships. By focus-sing on these intrinsically interrelated factors, water can be managed in ways that are fair and inclusive, and that guarantee that “no one is left behind”.

Governance: transparency, accountability and participation | A challenge for fair and inclusive water management is cross-border governance – not only in the form of political boundaries and state borders, but also the

silos that divide sectors. Interlinkages and synergies, especially between water, food, energy, and the environment, must be more widely recognized and broken down. This requires greater diplomacy and dialogue between states, donor agencies, individuals, investors and civil society, as well as between water, agriculture, education, health, housing, land, and energy sectors.

Harmonizing data indicators, collection, reporting and sharing techniques is important for bridging those gaps and building partnerships. The collection of relevant data, and the ability to communicate this information to targeted stakeholders, is critical. How data is used is also important. Is it used to allocate water equitably, or to balance power between stakeholders? Transparency, accountability and participation are therefore critical to fair and inclusive water management, as well as to achieving universal water access. Parallel to this, the equitable distribution of finite water resources needs to be ensured in ways that underpin basic living standards without straining ecosystems. This entails thinking of water as a shared resource – and valuing it accordingly.

Another key point on governance issues discussed during the Week was the importance of external actors taking local conditions into consideration. Imposing reforms or

Lead RapporteursMr Timeyin Uwejamomere, WaterAid, UK. Timeyin provides strategic thought leadership and quality programming over-sight for WaterAid’s global urban water and sanitation agenda.

Ms Paula Hanasz, The Australian National University, Australia. Paula is completing a PhD on transboundary water governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin.

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Junior RapporteursMs Hannah Moosa, University of Toronto, Canada/ South AfricaMr Khaled Alhafez, Stockholm University, Sweden/SyriaMs Katrin Eitrem Holmgren, WSP, SwedenMs Linn Järnberg, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden Ms Karolin Andersson, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkMr Isaac Yaw Barnes, Global Water Partnership, Ghana

Transparency, accountability and participation are therefore critical to fair

and inclusive water management, as well as to achieving universal water access”

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programmes without consulting local people, respecting local customs or existing structures greatly undermines chances of success. This is especially true in fragile or post-conflict societies.

Water as a human right | The right to water and sanitation is a fundamental human right, even though its provision is increasingly coupled to forms of pricing. Herein lies a role for strong regulators to ensure that water pricing reflects social and environmental costs, as well as economic factors, while protecting the rights of the most vulnerable users.

However, equitable distribution is not just about quantity, but also the quality and accessibility for marginalized groups – women, elderly people, children, the disabled and those living in remote areas. Here, the importance of water for drinking and sanitation cannot be understated. Indeed, the importance of WASH to human development was a strong theme at this year’s World Water Week.

When considering WASH, there has been a tendency to focus on rural settings. However, as the rate of urbanization continues to gather pace worldwide, WASH is increasingly an issue in the urban context. The cost-effective provision of on-site sanitation, and citywide services, is becoming a focus for not only municipal authorities but also for the private sector.

While it was acknowledged that the public sector will continue to play a critical role in funding infrastructure for the foreseeable future, several speakers argued for the further development of inclusive financing approaches. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) may present a viable approach in some cases.

Infrastructure is one part of the solution, but it must be supported by behavioural and attitudinal change. Installing eco-san toilets, for example, makes little difference if people do not use them, as is the construction of reservoirs or desalination plants without accompanying reductions in non-revenue water or managing water demand.

Climate change: from crisis management to sustainable development | During the Week, it was widely recognized that water is especially vulnerable to the risks of climate change. Furthermore, that climate change often manifests itself in the form of water – storms, rising sea levels, drought, and flooding. Indeed, water is at the core of all adaption and resilience initiatives.

The issue remains, however, of how to move from crisis management to sustainable development. Early warning systems have an important role to play, as does addressing climate change induced migration.

Calls were made throughout the Week to better involve marginalized and vulnerable groups in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, and throughout the water sector – be it WASH, agriculture, PPPs or water diplomacy. It was noted that women, youth, indigenous peoples, and the disabled are frequently left out of planning processes, resulting in their needs and rights remaining unaddressed.

Cross-cutting thinking, and the desire to break out of established silos, suggests that the water community is beginning to think more creatively and laterally about water. Decision makers are also increasingly returning to traditional knowledge and local solutions to address contemporary water challenges resulting in improved outcomes in many cases.

The Week also highlighted the growing engagement of young people in water issues. Once again, the Stockholm Junior Water Prize proved to be a showcase of innovative solutions to pressing water issues. Separately, several sessions this year were devoted to how digital and Information Communication Technologies, (ICT), are enabling the young – and others – to get involved in the sector, build engagement and effect change. Used effectively, ICT could improve the inclusion and participation of some of the most vulnerable groups in water issues, and support more efficient decision-making. ICT also opens up considerable opportunities in terms of SDG monitoring and data collection and progress monitoring by citizens.

Re-thinking governance post-2015 | Looking ahead, governance should be thought of as including public, private and civil society actors, in both formal and informal systems. Failures occur when external actors impose reforms while ignoring local conditions.

For more information and summaries from each of the events and workshops, please visit our online programme at programme.worldwaterweek.org

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Global #voiceofwater reaches new volume this #WWWeek!

Development communications in a digital age

World Water Week in the media

SIWI has seen a dramatic increase in social media users at World Water Week, just in the last year. Beyond participants on site, a large part of our community is located in other parts of the world. By integrating digital communications into the Week – recording sessions, hosting podcasts and promoting content online through various channels, we are able to engage with more people – at various levels, ages, sectors and professions.

By helping to connect people who share our vision, and inviting people into our water world, by exchanging ideas and experiences, we have greater capacity than ever to build a water wise world.

While some 3,300 people attended the Week, millions more were able to help amplify the voice of water through our shared global networks. Whether connecting and sharing through Twitter or Facebook, promoting recorded content via the SIWI media hub, or digital story-telling, World Water Week’s digital voice has never been louder.

During the Week, participants tweeted using the #WWWeek hashtag more than 34,000 times, and were retweeted some 900,000 times during the Week. This means more than 326 million people potentially heard about the Week just through Twitter! Hundreds of articles and news items were also posted and shared online by organizations that attended or supported the Week.

Once again, the coveted WaterFront Magazine’s World Water Week Daily hit the stands each morning offering news reports,

interviews and the latest buzz from the Week. If you missed any of the issues:worldwaterweek.org/daily

Social media has given individuals and organizations, from different cultures and sectors, new ways to tackle shared challenges – to collaborate, to coordinate, to learn, to share experiences, to help, to ask for help, to have an opinion, to have an informed opinion.

World Water Week is an opportunity for SIWI to bring together some of the greatest minds in water, to discuss

solutions to our world’s most critical challenges. Social media allows us to give anyone with access to the internet, the opportunity to sit in the front row, to ask questions – at no cost. Not everyone has access to the internet, owns a computer, or uses social media, but the global population has never been more connected than it is today, and the connectivity is increasing, with immense speed.

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Three heads of state participated in theopening ceremony yesterday, with per-haps the most emotional statement be-ing delivered by President Christopher J. Loeak of Marshall Islands.

Coming from one of only four full atoll nations in the world, consisting of more than a thousand islands sit-ting at an average of two metres above sea level, President Loeak addressed

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the auditorium with a deep and very personal concern for climate change.“There is no issue in the world that is closer to my heart than the issue of water. We are a small country quite literally contemplating a future where we are be-ing wiped off the world map. Yet, as the leader of my country I cannot look my people in the eyes and in good conscience

say that everything will be ok, when I know the world continues to travel down a very destructive path.” President Loeak said that water is not only surrounding his country, but also sustaining its economy, with fi sh-ing being the main source of income. As fl ooding occurs more and more frequently, it is therefore, according to President Loeak, a cruel irony that the water that the Marshallese people worship, is now threatening their very existence. As a direct result of their vulnerable situation, Marshall Islands is in many ways at the forefront when it comes to sustainable solutions, working with an extensive energy conversion plan and having introduced a hundred per cent solar-based energy supply. “Nowhere in the world will you fi nd a more optimistic people than in Mar-shall Islands. We are not your stereo-type islanders, sitting and waiting for coconuts to fall on our heads. We are dedicated to changing our prospects for the future. But we cannot do this by ourselves, and that is why I urge you all to join us,” President Loeak said. Following his address, and coming from an equally urgent yet very dif-ferent water situation, Prime Minis-ter Abdulla Ensour of Jordan spoke about the extreme water scarcity that plagues his country. That, he reminded, combined with a refugee infl ux that per capita is second only to Lebanon in the world, puts huge stress on the country. Prime Minister Ensour therefore called for a new way of classifying countries economically, incorporating issues such as the ones Jordan is experiencing.

“No issue is closer to my heart than the issue of water”

President Christopher J. Loeak of Marshall Islands

Media has always been an important group represented at the World Water Week. This year close to a hundred re-porters were present on site and thousands followed from a distance. This resulted in over 3,500 articles, blogs, radio and TV features being published – an increase of 19 per cent compared to last year. Stories were published in 80 countries, with most coming from USA, followed by China, Sweden, Germany/Japan, UK and India.

The media’s contribution to World Water Week cannot be underestimated. By reporting on events and discussions, journalists ensure that conversations reach outside the water and development sectors. Analysis of the articles indicates that some of this year’s key topics were: climate change ne-gotiations that will be held in Paris in December, sustainable development, sanitation and the achievements of Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Rajendra Singh, as well as the winner of Stockholm Junior Water Prize Perry Alagappan.

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Silver Jubilee campaigns

With more than half of participants being active on social media during the Week, SIWI initiated new ways to facilitate discussion and ultimately amplify the global #voiceofwater.

A Twitter Q&A during the Opening Plenary, a video competition, and interviews with interesting and inspiring people during the Week were all part of the mix. You may have also seen:

Daily SplashA World Water Week podcast, junior rapporteurs and guests sat down with SIWI for around 30 minutes each morning to discuss their insights and favourite moments from the day before, and look to the day ahead. Replay: worldwaterweek.org/dailysplash

#SIWISofaA cross between a speakers’ corner and an outdoor interview studio, journalists conducted interviews and facilitated dis-cussions between experts on a variety of water-related issues.

#WaterHeroes

As part of our 25th jubilee promotions, we portrayed ten water heroes, with different backgrounds, from all corners of the globe, who all share a passion for water and positive change.

#BestWaterIdeasDuring our Best Water Ideas campaign we collected over 150 water ideas from people all over the world. In the lead-up, and during the Week, close to 3,000 people voted for their favourite. The winner… GOING VEGAN!worldwaterweek.org/bestwaterideas

2015 was a jubilee year, with World Water Week being held, and Stock-holm Water Prize being awarded, for the 25th time.

In addition to the Water Heroes and Best Water Ideas campaigns celebrat-ing the jubilee, the exhibition during World Water Week was opened to the public for the first time. Nearly 400 Swedish students visited the jubilee area to learn about water. Most of them also visited the full exhibition.

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She has been listened to more than most people, men and women. At al-most 90 years of age, Professor Falken-mark is still active. There is so much to do. Malin Falkenmark resembles more an activist than an introvert scientist. She is a stately 184 centimetres tall, upright and razor sharp. During most of her life, she has been the only woman in a male-dominated scientific commu-nity. But she has not felt discriminated against, or she has refused to see prej-udice against her if it existed. The only

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rainwater through what is called water harvesting, must increase in Africa to secure agricultural production and food supply. The opposite would be a historic mistake. Malin Falkenmark realized early on that it is important to develop concepts and create images to make science un-derstandable. She coined the term green water. It was a brilliant term, an edu-cational stroke of genius, which made it easier to understand the role various forms of water have in the Earth’s supply. The green water is what is in the

root zone below the surface, water that the rain brought and which makes our food grow. But it is often invisible. The blue water we can see easily, it flows in rivers and is collected in ponds or avail-able as groundwater deep below us. The more we can utilize the green water, the less we need to squander the blue. Water is perhaps the only moving natural resource, says Malin Falken-mark. The ore lies still, but water moves. It is important to understand how water availability varies over time and what the trends are. In the past, water was an engineering issue. What mattered was to convey it and to take it out of the ground. Now we understand to treat it as a natural resource. If you cut down the trees in Brazil’s rainforests it rains less in Argentina because evaporation is

reduced and thus the wind-borne water vapour that generates rain. Water does not care about national boundaries. Therefore, there must be agreement on how water should be used. One promising example is the partnership of the Nile. Battle for the Nile’s water is disturbing and acute, yet classic. Entire civilizations were created around the Nile delta. Now the countries upstream in Africa also want to take advantage of the water for its energy supply. Under the leadership of the World Bank, they work together to regulate the use – a necessity to avoid devastating conflicts. Right now, Malin Falkenmark focus-es on Africa. The water is Africa’s Achil-les heel, she says. In Asia, there was the green revolution through irrigation. It will not work in Africa; there is not enough water. The solution is to collect rainwater and store it, to be used over time. Greenhouses, which reduce evap-oration, must be built on a large scale. The limited blue water available in rivers and ponds will be spent on ener-gy production, the household need for water and sanitation and on the grow-ing cities. Meanwhile, food production has to increase to match the population growth. Radical solutions are required. The Chinese have ancient traditions of collecting water and in China, the efforts to bridge dry periods are now massive. Millions and millions of people engage in collecting water. In Africa, there is not the same tradition, but new technologies are being introduced to use the green water as productively as possible – by collecting the rainwater, improving infiltration into the ground, terracing and the creation of reservoirs. However, it is a race against time. In Malin Falkenmark s view, population growth, – especially in Africa – is a big-ger problem than climate change. But the two trends work together and the process is accelerating. The popula-

Water heroesIn the following pages, you will meet people from all parts of the world, with very different backgrounds and professions. The one thing that unites them is their passion and their dedication to building a better, water-wise world, in any way they can. They have inspired us, and many others. Meet our water heroes!

02 MALIN FALKENMARKBy Cecilia Bäcklander

04 MATT DAMONBy Görrel Espelund

06 ZERIHUN NEGUSEBy Cecilia Bäcklander

07 ALISON BICKBy Sanna Gustafsson

09 MA JUN By Josh Weinberg

10 PETER MORGANBy Andreas Karlsson

13 SUNITA NARAINBy Sanna Gustafsson

14 ECO PEACEBy Görrel Espelund

16 JAN ELIASSONBy Görrel Espelund

18 RENÉE ANDERSSONBy Cecilia Bäcklander

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Journalist Grant

Five journalists from as many countries were awarded this year’s World Water Week Journalist Grant and travelled to Stockholm to report from the conference.

The World Water Week Journalist Grant is administrated by SIWI, and aims to build capacity, enable knowledge-sharing, and foster networks among journalists focusing on water and development issues worldwide.

The 2015 grant winners all share a passion for reporting on water, but through different perspectives.

This year’s grantees faced tough competition from over 100 qualified applicants – more than double the number compared to 2014.

At World Water Week, the journalists networked with experts, leaders and practitioners, and reported on critical issues relating to this year’s theme on water and development.

The 2016 World Water Week Journalist Grant will open for applications in March 2016.

Seun Akioye works for The Nation in Nigeria, where for the past years he has

dedicated his reporting to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues, striving to bring posi-tive change towards reaching an acceptable standard of WASH policies in the country.

Coming from one of the world’s most natural disaster-prone countries,

the Philippines, Rhaydz Barcia focuses her reporting on climate change and disaster risk reduc-tion. She currently works as cor-respondent for the Manila Times and as a stringer for Reuters and other news outlets.

Ramesh Bhushal works for one of the leading envi-ronmental news sites in South Asia, Third Pole,

where he covers the Himalaya region. Often referred to as the “water tower of Asia”, the region boasts some of the world’s largest rivers, but with fierce competition over water, millions still struggle with insufficient water supply.

Selay Marius Kouassi is an investigative journalist from Côte D’Ivoire, a country that has

among the lowest rate of access to clean water and adequate sanitation in West Africa. Selay works for multiple outlets such as Abidjan Live News, BBC Afrique and Radio Netherlands.

Applying a gender lens to her reporting, Stella Paul from the water-scarce Andra

Pradesh state in India has shed light on the link between drought and sex-trafficking of women. Stella works for global news outlets such as IPS and Thomson Reuters.

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Convening organizationsWhile World Water Week is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the programme of the events are planned by the convening organizations of the confer-ence.In order to build partnerships and bring a diversity

of perspectives to the World Water Week, SIWI promotes cooperation and encourages organizations to co-convene at the conference. The organizations that convened events or workshops at 2015 World Water Week are:

A, B, C, D

• @qua• 100 Resilient Cities • 2030 Water Resources Group • 7th World Water Forum Secretariat • Action contre la faim (ACF) • Action Platform on Source to

Sea Management • Adaptation to Climate Change in the

Water Sector in the MENA Region (ACCWaM)

• adelphi • African Development Bank (AfDB)• African Ministers’ Council On Water

(AMCOW)• African Water Journalists Network • Aguaconsult • Akvo Foundation • Alliance for Global Water Adaptation

(AGWA)• Alliance for Water Stewardship(AWS)• Antenna Technlogies Foundation • Aqua for All (A4A)• AquaFed• Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones

and Dry Lands (ACSAD)• ARUP • Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF)• Asian Development Bank (ADB)• Association of Regulators of Water and

Sanitation of the Americas (ADERASA)• AU/NEPAD Southern African Network

for Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE)

• Australian Government • Bild & Mening • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • BRAC • Bremen Overseas Research &

Development Association (BORDA)• Cap-Net UNDP • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)• Caritas • CBI • Centre for International Forestry

Research (CIFOR)• Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

• Centrum Balticum Foundation • Ceres • Cewas• CGIAR Research Program on Climate

Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CGIAR-CCAFS)

• CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Led by IWMI (WLE)

• CH2M • China Water Risk • City of Helsinki • City of Stockholm • City of Turku • Columbia University • Concern Worldwide• Conservation International (CI)• CSD Engineers • Deltares • Department for International

Development, UK (DFID)• Department of Water Affairs,

Botswana • Department of Water and Sanitation

in Developing Countries at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter- nationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

• Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)

• DHI • Duke University

E, F, G, H

• Earthwatch • Eawag• Eco Games • Economic Commission for Latin America

and the Caribbean (ECLAC)• Emory University • Environmental Law Institute (ELI)• Ericsson • European Commission (EC)• European Commission Directorate

General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

• European Space Agency (ESA)

• FE2W • Federal Department for Environment,

Switzerland • Federal Department of Foreign Affairs,

Germany • Federal Department of Foreign Affairs,

Switzerland • Federal Foreign Office, Germany • Federal Institute for Geosciences and

Natural Resources, Germany (BGR)• Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ)

• FEMSA Foundation • FINISH • Finnish Water Forum • First Climate Markets AG • Focali, the Forest, Climate and

Livelihoods Reserach network • Food and Agriculture Organization of the

United Nations (FAO)• Forest Stewardship Council • ForestTrends• Fortum • Forum Syd • French Water Partnership (FWP)• FreshWater Watch • Fundación Chile• Förbunder Unga Forskare • GAP Inc. • GDF SUEZ • Gender and Water Alliance (GWA)• German Toilet Organization (GTO)• German WASH Network • Global Environment Facility (GEF)• Global Environment Facility-

International Waters (GEF-IW)• Global Environment Facility-

International Waters: Learning Exchange and Resource Network (GEF IW:Learn)

• Global Expanded Monitoring Initiative• Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid

(GPOBA)• Global Water Development Partners • Global Water Initiative (GWI)• Global Water Operators’ Partnerships

Alliance at UN-Habitat (GWOPA)

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• Global Water Partnership (GWP)• Global Water Partnership China • Global Water Partnership-

Mediterranean (GWP-Med)• Government of Burundi • Government of Niger • Government of Serbia • Government of South Sudan • Government of Switzerland • Government of the Netherlands • Grand Challenges Canada • Green Cross International • Growing Blue • Grundfos • GSM Association (GSMA)• Guardian Development Professionals

Network (GPDN)• H&M • HELVETAS Swiss

Intercooperation • High Level Panel of Experts for Food

Security and Nutrition (HLPE)• High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on

Water and Disasters (HELP)• HSBC

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• Inclusive Business Sweden• Initiativet Hållbara Hav • Institute for Advanced Sustainability

Studies (IASS)• Institute of Water Policy • Inter-American Development Bank

(IADB)• International Centre for Integrated

Mountain Development (ICIMOD)• International Centre for Water

Cooperation (ICWC)• International Centre for Water

Management Services (cewas)• International Coalition for

Trachoma Control (ICTC)• International Development

Enterprises (iDE)• International Federation of Red Cross

and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)• International Hydropower

Association (IHA)• International IDEA • International Institute for Applied Sys-

tems Analysis (IIASA)• International Institute for

Environment and Development (IIED)• International Labour Organization (ILO)• International Renewable Energy Agency

(IRENA)• International Union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

• International Water Association (IWA)• International Water Centre (IWC)• International Water Management

Institute (IWMI)• International Work Group for Indigenous

Affairs (IWGIA)• IPIECA • IRC • ISET-International • Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd

(Jain Irrigation)• Jordan Water and Wastewater Reuse

Organization• K-water • Kenya Water and Sanitation CSOs

Network (KEWASNET)• KfW Development Bank (KfW)• Kohler • Korea Water Resources

Corporation (K-water)• Latin American Association of Water and

Sanitation Utilities (ALOAS)• LEAD • League of Arab States • Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy • Levi Strauss & Co • London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine • London School of Hygiene and Tropical

Medicine/SHARE Research Consortium (LSHTM/SHARE)

• Luc Hoffman Institute-WWF • Lund University Open Innovation Center

M, N, O, P

• Millennium Water Alliance • Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

(MFA)• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,

Finland • Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

The Netherlands (BuZa)• Ministry of Infrastructure and the

Environment, The Netherlands (IenM)

• Ministry of the Environment, Finland • Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)• Murray-Darling Wetlands Working

Group • mWater • National Association of Water and

Sanitation Utilities of Mexico • National University of Singapore • National Water Commission,

Mexico (CONAGUA)• Nestlé • Netafim

• Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE)

• Nicholas School of the Environment • Nile Basin Capacity Building Network

(NBCBN)• One Drop • Organisation for Economic Cooperation

and Development (OECD)• Organization for Security and

Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)• Oxfam• Oxford Policy Management• PepsiCo• PeePoople• Plan International• Procter and Gamble• PSI – Population Services International (PSI)

Q, R, S, T

• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

• RFL Plastics• Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food

Institute at the University of Nebraska • Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)• Royal Swedish Academy of Science (KVA)• Safe Water Network • Sandec • Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)• Secretariat of the Convention on

Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Secretariat)

• Sesame Street • SLU Global• Sightsavers• SNV• Society for the Promotion of Participatory

Ecosystem Management• Spanish Agency for International

Development Cooperation (AECID)• SP-Technical Research Institute of

Sweden• SSC Forestry• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)• Stockholm International Water Institute

(SIWI)• Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC)• Stockholm Vatten• Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)• Sveaskog• Sweden Textile Water Initiative (STWI)• Swedish Agency for Marine and Water

Management (SwAM)• Swedish Armed Forces

(Försvarsmakten)• Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

(MSB, Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap)

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JANUARYDeadline for submission of abstracts and event proposals.

FEBRUARY-APRILNotification of acceptance of abstracts and event proposals.

APRIL-MAYRegistration opens and the Programme is released. All information of the events can be found at programme.world-waterweek.org.

JUNEDiscounted registration (Early Bird) ends.

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• Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI, Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut)

• Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative

• Swedish Forestry Agency • Swedish International Development

Cooperation Agency (Sida)• Swedish Meteorological and

Hydrological Institute (SMHI)• Swedish Ministry for Innovation and

Enterprise • Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences (SLU)• Swiss Agency for Development and

Cooperation (SDC)• Swiss Water Partnership (SWP)• swisstopo• Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines• Texas A&M University (TAMU)• The Coca-Cola Company• The Fred Hollows Foundation• The Freshwater Trust • The Gold Standard Foundation (GSF)• The Hague Institute for Global Justice

(THIGJ)• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)• The Rockefeller Foundation • The Sustainable Fashion Academy (SFA)• The Water Institute at University of

North Carolina (UNC)• The World Bank Group (WB)• Thomson Reuters Foundation• Toro Micro-Irrigation• Transparency International

Bangladesh• Trémolet Consulting

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• UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

• UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF)

• UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (UNEP DEPI)

• UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment (UNEP-DHI)

• UNESCO – Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)

• UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP)

• UNESCO-IHE – Institute for Water Education/UNESCO-PCCP (IHP/WWAP)

• Unilever • United Nations Children’s Fund

(UNICEF)• United Nations Department of Economic

and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate (UNGC CEO Water Mandate)

• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

• United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD)

• United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)

• United Nations University – Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)

• United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment and Heath (UNU-INWEH)

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• University of Leeds (UoL)• University of Oklahoma• University of Oxford• University of Strathclyde• University of Technology Sydney• UN-Water • Valuing Nature• WASH Journalists Network for

West Africa• Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor

(WSUP)• Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)• Water Center for Latin America and the

Caribbean (CAALCA)• Water Footprint Network (WFN)• Water For People• Water Global Practice of the World Bank

Group• Water Integrity Network (WIN)• Water Reserach Commission (WRC)• Water Supply and Sanitation

Collaborative Council (WSSCC)• Water Youth Network (WYN)• Water, Engineering and Development

Centre of Loughborough University (WEDC)

• Water.org• WaterAid• WaterLex

• WaterTap• We Effect• Veolia• Vetenskapens Hus• Wetlandsforum.net• Vitens Evides International (VEI)• Women for Water Partnership (WfW)• Women in Europe for a Common Future

(WECF)• World Business Council for

Sustainable Development (WBCSD)• World Health Organization (WHO)• World Health Organization/United

Nations Children’s Fund Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• World Resources Institute (WRI)• World Water Council (WWC)• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)• World Vision • World Youth Parliament for Water

(WYPW)• Xylem

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